About Us

PTNC Directors

Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP
Co-Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center
Arthur Knight Asbury, MD Professor of Neurology
Chair of the Department of Neurology
 

Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center 
The Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section, Department of Psychiatry    
Professor Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology & Radiology
Sr. Vice Chair for Research and Penn-CHOP Research Integration
Director, Lifespan Brain Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine
 

Scientific Program Director

Theresa Tritto, PhD
Scientific Program Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center (PTNC)
Associate Director, Penn brainSTIM Center
Financial Director, Penn Neuron Cell Core

Administrative and Programmatic Support

Sonja Ogden
Program Coordinator, PTNC
Executive Assistant, Office of the Chair
Department of Neurology
 

Mr. Stacy L. Moore III
Program Coordinator, PTNC and Clinical Neuroscience Training Program (CNST)
Program Manager, Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section
Department of Psychiatry
 

Finance Support

Sharon Liu, MBA
FInance Manager, PTNC
Grants Manager, Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section
Department of Psychiatry

ISAB Leadership

Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP
Co-Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center
Arthur Knight Asbury, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
 

Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Penn Medicine Translational Neuroscience Center 
The Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry

ISAB Members

Amit Bar-Or, MD
Melissa and Paul Anderson President's Distinguished Professor
Chief of Multiple Sclerosis Division, Department of Neurology
Director, Center of Neuroinflammation and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET)

Michael Beauchamp, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery

John A. Dani, PhD
David J. Mahoney Professor of Neurological Science
Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Director, Mahoney Institute for Neuroscience (MINS)

John A. Detre, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology; Director, Center for Functional Neuroimaging (CfN)
Penn Brain Science Center

Garret A. FitzGerald, MD, FRS
Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Professor in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)

Jay Gottfried, MD, PhD
Arthur H. Rubenstein University Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychology
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) University Professor

Brian Litt, MD
Professor, Departments of Neurology & Bioengineering
Director, Penn Epilepsy Center
Director, Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics (CN&T)

Maria A. Oquendo, MD, PhD
Ruth Meltzer Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Daniel J. Rader, MD
Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine, Department: Medicine
Chair, Department of Genetics

Yvette I. Sheline, MD
McLure Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neurology
Director, Center for Neuromodulation of Depression and Stress (CNDS)